Leviticus 26:21 (WEB)

Passage

“‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 26:19 I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass.

Leviticus 26:20 Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:21 “‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:22 I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number. Your roads will become desolate.

Leviticus 26:23 “‘If by these things you won’t be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "walk", "contrary", "listen", "bring", "seven", "times", "plagues", and "sins". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "walk" and "contrary", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 20's "Your strength will be spent in vain..." into verse 22's "I will send the wild animals among...", so "walk" and "contrary" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "walk" and "contrary" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.